Africanized honeybees swarm toward an Ochroma flower just after sunset. The bees seek pollen; if they land by mistake in a blossom’s pool of nectar, they will probably drown. Their ability to see in slightly lower light than native stingless bees gives the honeybees a competitive advantage at night. Earlier in the day the natives often block access to flowers.

An olingo, smaller cousin of the kinkajou (both are rain forest mammals related to raccoons), grasps a tattered flower. Kinkajous often shoo their kin away, but the quicker olingos often dart around in the trees, just out of reach, until flowers produce another batch of nectar.